diff --git a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_boot_config.cpp b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_boot_config.cpp
index e3ef2321a..75d1e0db6 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_boot_config.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/fs_mgr_boot_config.cpp
@@ -91,12 +91,6 @@ bool fs_mgr_get_boot_config_from_bootconfig(const std::string& bootconfig,
         if (key == bootconfig_key) {
             *out_val = value;
             return true;
-        } else if (android_key == "hardware" && android_key == key) {
-            // bootconfig doesn't allow subkeys and values to coexist, so
-            // "androidboot.hardware" cannot be used. It is replaced in
-            // bootconfig with "hardware"
-            *out_val = value;
-            return true;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/tests/fs_mgr_test.cpp b/fs_mgr/tests/fs_mgr_test.cpp
index a1b020aa4..94e1abb47 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/tests/fs_mgr_test.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/tests/fs_mgr_test.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ const std::string bootconfig =
         "androidboot.serialno = \"BLAHBLAHBLAH\"\n"
         "androidboot.slot_suffix = \"_a\"\n"
         "androidboot.hardware.platform = \"sdw813\"\n"
-        "hardware = \"foo\"\n"
+        "androidboot.hardware = \"foo\"\n"
         "androidboot.revision = \"EVT1.0\"\n"
         "androidboot.bootloader = \"burp-0.1-7521\"\n"
         "androidboot.hardware.sku = \"mary\"\n"
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> bootconfig_result_space =
         {"androidboot.serialno", "BLAHBLAHBLAH"},
         {"androidboot.slot_suffix", "_a"},
         {"androidboot.hardware.platform", "sdw813"},
-        {"hardware", "foo"},
+        {"androidboot.hardware", "foo"},
         {"androidboot.revision", "EVT1.0"},
         {"androidboot.bootloader", "burp-0.1-7521"},
         {"androidboot.hardware.sku", "mary"},
diff --git a/init/property_service.cpp b/init/property_service.cpp
index ff9da4227..2d67bf5d7 100644
--- a/init/property_service.cpp
+++ b/init/property_service.cpp
@@ -1238,21 +1238,11 @@ static void ProcessKernelCmdline() {
     });
 }
 
-// bootconfig does not allow to populate `key=value` simultaneously with
-// `key.subkey=value` which does not work with the existing code for
-// `hardware` (e.g. we want both `ro.boot.hardware=value` and
-// `ro.boot.hardware.sku=value`) and for `qemu` (Android Stidio Emulator
-// specific).
-static bool IsAllowedBootconfigKey(const std::string_view key) {
-    return (key == "hardware"sv) || (key == "qemu"sv);
-}
 
 static void ProcessBootconfig() {
     ImportBootconfig([&](const std::string& key, const std::string& value) {
         if (StartsWith(key, ANDROIDBOOT_PREFIX)) {
             InitPropertySet("ro.boot." + key.substr(ANDROIDBOOT_PREFIX.size()), value);
-        } else if (IsAllowedBootconfigKey(key)) {
-            InitPropertySet("ro.boot." + key, value);
         }
     });
 }